Mazda Mx-3. Published by Transport Canada as 1997134 on 31 July 1997. System: Suspension.
What the notice says In areas of high road salt use (all provinces east of the manitoba border), corrosive pits may develop on the surface of the front suspension coil springs. this could eventually cause the coil spring to break at a point 1.0 to 1.5 inches from the bottom of the coil spring. this could cause a tire to be punctured from …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1997134
- Recall date
- 31 July 1997
- Make
- Mazda
- Models
- MX-3
- Model years
- 1992 to 1995
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Suspension
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 17,000
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
IN AREAS OF HIGH ROAD SALT USE (ALL PROVINCES EAST OF THE MANITOBA BORDER), CORROSIVE PITS MAY DEVELOP ON THE SURFACE OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION COIL SPRINGS. THIS COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE COIL SPRING TO BREAK AT A POINT 1.0 TO 1.5 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE COIL SPRING. THIS COULD CAUSE A TIRE TO BE PUNCTURED FROM CONTACT WITH THE BROKEN SPRING.
CORRECTION: DEALERS WILL INSTALL GUARD ASSEMBLIES WHICH WILL PREVENT A BROKEN COIL SPRING FROM CONTACTING A TIRE.
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1997134.
Mazda elsewhere in this register
Mazda is named on 204 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1997214 · 27 November 1997 · B Series · Fuel System
- 1997223 · 17 December 1997 · 626 · Engine
- 1998067 · 8 April 1998 · Miata · Fuel System
- 1996165 · 11 October 1996 · B Series · Other
- 1996123 · 6 August 1996 · Rx-7 · Brakes
- 1998178 · 11 September 1998 · 626, Mx-6 · Engine
- 1998202 · 21 October 1998 · 626 · Electrical
- 1998203 · 21 October 1998 · 626, Mx-6 · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Suspension
746 notices in this register name Suspension. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1997136 · 13 August 1997 · Super B Train · Suspension
- 1997137 · 13 August 1997 · 9200, 5000, 9300 · Suspension
- 1997144 · 19 August 1997 · T2000, W900, T400 · Suspension
- 1997125 · 26 June 1997 · Sunfire, Cavalier · Suspension
- 1997174 · 9 October 1997 · 7 Series · Suspension
- 1997182 · 20 October 1997 · D20 Axle, D35 Axle, D28 Axle · Suspension
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Mazda: 204 in the register, and 243 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1997.
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